Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The Attorney General, and the designees specified by him, shall fulfill the obligations assumed by the United States pursuant to Article XXIV of the Treaty in the manner and form therein prescribed.

Context

Executive Order 11267—Relating to the Implementation of the Treaty of Friendship and General Relations Between the United States and Spain

01/18/1966

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